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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "christel walker" <christelwalker@sky.atasinsaat.net>
Reply-To: anerchriste@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:13:07 +0300
Subject: hello dear




Re: please i need your help


Please permit me to introduce myself, i am Miss anerchriste Coulibaly 23

years old female from the Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the

Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB ). My late

Father was a well known Ivory Coast military leader. He died on Thursday 28

April 2011 following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast

(FRCI).


You can read more about my father in the link below:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-

ibrahim-coulibaly


I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which i am

receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's

treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved

Father because my mother died during child birth and i was left alone with my

step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile i wanted to travel to Europe, but

she hide away my traveling documents. Luckily she did not discover where i

kept my father's File which contained important documents like the will and

deposit certificate of my Father's fund which bears my name as the next of

kin to inherit the money in his bank account. Now I am presently staying in

the Refugee Mission Camp in Burkina Faso. I am seeking for long term

relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited

the sum of US$ 45,000,000,00 Million in UBA BANK Ivory Coast

with my name as the next of kin.


I have contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me

that my late father place an instruction on the deposited fund that i must

present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the fund.


However, the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my

behalf for the transfer of the fund. i wanted to inform my stepmother about

this deposit but i am afraid that she will not offer me anything after the

release of the money because she threaten to kill me.


Therefore, i decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your

bank account while i will relocate to your country and settle down with you.

As you indicate your interest to help me, i will give you the account number

and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money

with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention to compensate you with

30% out of the total money after the transfer for your assistance and the

balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which you will

recommend to me as i have no idea about foreign investment. Please all my

communications with you should be through email address for confidential

purposes.



Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

Yours sincerely
Miss aner christe Coulibaly.



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